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. >> ryssdal: jim brown is wtp's outside counsel. >> they're an issue advocacy group and they're allowed to engage in lobbying and, as such, they don't need to register their activities with the state of montana. >> ryssdal: but as unsworth dug deeper, he began to suspect that the different groups on the mailers weren't really that different at all. >> the common denominator appeared to be a chap named christian lefer. christian lefer had signed some of the paper work. his name appeared on some of the paperwork. my name is christian lefer, and i'm the creator of getnonprofitstatus.com and the nonprofit launch kit. >> ryssdal: lefer had come to montana back in the mid-2000s to work on conservative causes. he turned out eventually to be the director of strategy for wtp. but when unsworth tried to learn more about lefer and wtp's activities, he had trouble getting answers. until, he got a big break. >> we came across what i'd call a friendly witness, someone who was directly involved, appeared to have been directly involved in the activity, who became dissatisfied and had some materials, so
. >> ryssdal: jim brown is wtp's outside counsel. >> they're an issue advocacy group and they're allowed to engage in lobbying and, as such, they don't need to register their activities with the state of montana. >> ryssdal: but as unsworth dug deeper, he began to suspect that the different groups on the mailers weren't really that different at all. >> the common denominator appeared to be a chap named christian lefer. christian lefer had signed some of the paper work....
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we just had sherrod brown. we got his numbers, by the way, a lead over josh mandel, the very young opponent of five points. i think that should be so much higher. what's going on out there? >> again, i think you have some presidential headwinds. you have so much money -- sherrod brown has told you i think numerous times he's had more outside money spent against him than any other democratic senator, so that has taken its toll, but josh mandel has had some missteps. there's some perception that he's a little too young, not really ready for prime time, and that's what's given brown an edge there. i think brown ends up winning that race. >> i thought he was perfect for that state, sherrod brown. thanks, david catanese, from politico. in missouri incumbent democratic senator claire mccaskill leads todd akin by five points. the campaign just dropped a devastating ad. let's watch the latest mccaskill ad. here it is. >> is todd akin fit to serve in the senate? mitt romney doesn't think so. >> what he said was indefens
we just had sherrod brown. we got his numbers, by the way, a lead over josh mandel, the very young opponent of five points. i think that should be so much higher. what's going on out there? >> again, i think you have some presidential headwinds. you have so much money -- sherrod brown has told you i think numerous times he's had more outside money spent against him than any other democratic senator, so that has taken its toll, but josh mandel has had some missteps. there's some perception...
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bush, michael brown. if you don't remember who michael brown is, you might remember this moment during the bush administration. >> there will be plenty of opportunities to help later on. right now, the immediate concern is to save lives and get food and medicine to people so we can stabilize the situation. i want to thank you all and brownie, you're doing a heck of a job. the fema director is working 24/7. [ applause ] >> cenk: well, that became a big dispute later. michael brown spoke out today and said that president obama was moving too fast during this storm which is fascinating. and he then went on to clarify he said in the context of the election, i simply said he should have waited, the storm was still forming people were debating whether it was going to be as bad as expected or not and i noted that the president should have let the governors and mayors deal with the storm until it got closer to hitting the coastal areas along the washington, d.c., new york city corridor. well, we wanted to invite
bush, michael brown. if you don't remember who michael brown is, you might remember this moment during the bush administration. >> there will be plenty of opportunities to help later on. right now, the immediate concern is to save lives and get food and medicine to people so we can stabilize the situation. i want to thank you all and brownie, you're doing a heck of a job. the fema director is working 24/7. [ applause ] >> cenk: well, that became a big dispute later. michael brown...
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brown? >> liz warren is trying to get out the democrats voting for obama to come out for her and make sure the turnout is big. obama is expected to win big here, and the question is how big? it's sort of like a point spread in sports. the teams the field may have one definition of winning and the betters have another. she needs a big spread here and brown needs a smaller spread. that's what's the difference in all these polls, the margin of victory there. brown is trying to make sure he cuts into her democratic state and really overwhelmingly pins independents, and he's doing well. depending on the poll he's doing very, very well or pretty well. all these things make a difference in a close election. but that's why he's been appealing to being a bipartisan figure and at the same time trying to undermine any strength she has by saying she has character issues. >> thank you very much. great pleasure to have you on. >> thank you. >> massive layoffs tops our look at stories around the nation tod
brown? >> liz warren is trying to get out the democrats voting for obama to come out for her and make sure the turnout is big. obama is expected to win big here, and the question is how big? it's sort of like a point spread in sports. the teams the field may have one definition of winning and the betters have another. she needs a big spread here and brown needs a smaller spread. that's what's the difference in all these polls, the margin of victory there. brown is trying to make sure he...
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a, who let michael brown out of the locker? what is he doing? >> there aren't enough arabian horses to keep him busy anymore. >> put him on the dressage horses if needed to. >> the sad thing is, there are important questions to ask about benghazi. but in trying to force it so heavily on the politics, this is going to get lost, right? there are complicated questions about diplomatic security, about the way we monitor these emerging threats in all of the arab spring countries. they're polluting the debate. >> right. >> they're straining. we've lost at least 72 americans because of the hurricane. in a public policy context, it's a far bigger deal that you want the president to be engaged with it. so a false equivalent. >> on benghazi, the republicans in congress voted against $300 million to beef up security in embassy. of course huge questions that this raises. the idea that somehow you know they dropped the ball when the republicans didn't even want more embassy security. >> condoleezza rice last week come out and say, this is how it goes, get in
a, who let michael brown out of the locker? what is he doing? >> there aren't enough arabian horses to keep him busy anymore. >> put him on the dressage horses if needed to. >> the sad thing is, there are important questions to ask about benghazi. but in trying to force it so heavily on the politics, this is going to get lost, right? there are complicated questions about diplomatic security, about the way we monitor these emerging threats in all of the arab spring countries....
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. >> first, massachusetts, scott brown. he won miraculous victory in 2010, against elizabeth warren, liberal line in this race attracted -- this is the glamour race of the year. >> bret: the rcpi average has warren 54.5 and brown 46%. >> right. she has been, each of them raised $50 million, amazing amount. 60% of her money is from out of state. she is an icon for liberalism in the country. brown is suffering from the fact it's not wave election in 2010. he does not have a weak opponent like in 2010. he has a presidential ticket at the top. which for a state that is 3-1 democratic hurts him. however, one thing that happened is romney has better. he was down 30 in the state, he is now down 14. he is not going to win the state. but the closing of that gap helps brown to the extent it was a boston globe poll a couple of days ago that had them dead even. so i think he is gaining. still behind. the odds are she wins. it could be a brown upset. >> bret: chuck? >> i just want to say this is going to be a great year for senate races
. >> first, massachusetts, scott brown. he won miraculous victory in 2010, against elizabeth warren, liberal line in this race attracted -- this is the glamour race of the year. >> bret: the rcpi average has warren 54.5 and brown 46%. >> right. she has been, each of them raised $50 million, amazing amount. 60% of her money is from out of state. she is an icon for liberalism in the country. brown is suffering from the fact it's not wave election in 2010. he does not have a weak...
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democrats are not worried about sherrod brown. but republicans say we show it much closer. i suspect though, brown pulls it out. >> in the house, in florida particularly, you have some really controversial candidates. one is very outspoken tea party republican allen west and the other is allen grayson, running to return to the house. >> any state that could elect either one is an accepting and forgiving electorate or they can't make up their minds. allen west has actually put up his opponent's mug shot from when he was 19 years old and that's unprecedented. most tea party representatives, no matter how controversial they are, will be re-elected. >> what about harry reid in nevada? we've seen that he has a machine in nevada and can deliver. >> he has spent a decade putting together a real democratic machine there. it saved him in 2010 and allowed him to win re-election. and i think that it looks like the state leans towards president obama. but the senate race, the republican has a bit of an advantage there. the problem is that the democratic candidate is not a perfect candi
democrats are not worried about sherrod brown. but republicans say we show it much closer. i suspect though, brown pulls it out. >> in the house, in florida particularly, you have some really controversial candidates. one is very outspoken tea party republican allen west and the other is allen grayson, running to return to the house. >> any state that could elect either one is an accepting and forgiving electorate or they can't make up their minds. allen west has actually put up his...
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michael brown. >> it was brown. >> brownie. >> alba was the other guy. michael brown, you're doing a great job brownie. a guy from the arabian horse ration association and put him on charge showing how much focus he had on this kind of disaster situation. >> he turned it into a patronage job and republicans like to claim democrats basically use government for patronage but george wumplt bush famously took almost federal agency as a place to park executives. when he put michael brown into fema it was a slap in the face to the notion that the federal government's job is to step in and help people with disasters. he thought anybody could do it. >> thank you, david corn, and thank you, joy. in all seriousness, this is a serious situation, but this brings up the serious decisions the voters have to make. i think we need a federal rogue. coming up, we will continue to track hurricane sandy as it bears down. we'll watch the pictures as they occur. we'll talk to the weather channel's jim cantore down in lower manhattan where there's a lot going on with the high
michael brown. >> it was brown. >> brownie. >> alba was the other guy. michael brown, you're doing a great job brownie. a guy from the arabian horse ration association and put him on charge showing how much focus he had on this kind of disaster situation. >> he turned it into a patronage job and republicans like to claim democrats basically use government for patronage but george wumplt bush famously took almost federal agency as a place to park executives. when he put...
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i think what you are see is that in this poll scott brown independent women from moved from brown to warren. union households from moved from brown to warren. we picked that up between the september poll and the october poll. massachusetts has never elected a woman to u.s. senate in the history of the commonwealth and next tuesday you may see her become elected. >> bill: if your poll is right certainly you have got her up by seven. fascinating. as you move along this evening. bernie goldberg thoughts on how the play out. >> bill: correspondents in the field assessing the hurricane situation all over the northeast. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. look, if you have copd like me, you know it can be hard to breathe, and how that feels. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open for 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. spiriva handihaler tiotropium bromide inhalation powder does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden s
i think what you are see is that in this poll scott brown independent women from moved from brown to warren. union households from moved from brown to warren. we picked that up between the september poll and the october poll. massachusetts has never elected a woman to u.s. senate in the history of the commonwealth and next tuesday you may see her become elected. >> bill: if your poll is right certainly you have got her up by seven. fascinating. as you move along this evening. bernie...
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this is the legendary reaction that president bush with his director of fema at the time, browning. >> there will be plenty of opportunities to help later on, but right now the immediate concern is to save lives and get food and medicine to people so we can stabilize the situation. again, i want to thank you all browning you're doing heck of a job, fema director is working 24-- [applause] >> cenk: you know what, even brownie said afterwards, the main problem was president bush failed to recognize the magnitude of the storm and did not take precautionary action. that's the problem with the republicans. they don't believe in the government. they don't believe in it. why in the world would we put them in charge of it. look at what romney said, after all the problems under the last republican president under fema, i don't know, why don't we privatize it and make money off it ha, ha, ha. not interested. right before the election he said he's very sympathetic and cares a lot about the storm. quote, out of sensitivity for the millions of americans in the path of hurricane sandy we're canceli
this is the legendary reaction that president bush with his director of fema at the time, browning. >> there will be plenty of opportunities to help later on, but right now the immediate concern is to save lives and get food and medicine to people so we can stabilize the situation. again, i want to thank you all browning you're doing heck of a job, fema director is working 24-- [applause] >> cenk: you know what, even brownie said afterwards, the main problem was president bush...
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i'm joined tonight by ohio state senator nina turner, also with us tonight is judith brown dianis, the co-director of the advancement project. judith, let me ask you first, what is the biggest threat at the polls as you see it right now? >> sure. well, thanks for having me, ed. we have moved from politicians who have tried to manipulate the laws to restrict the vote to now these partisan operatives. you know, in ohio you have husted, the secretary of state, who has been on a relentless effort to restrict the vote, who now admits there has been a glitch in the computer system. 33,000 people who registered have not found themselves on the rolls and cannot get their absentee ballots. it is a glitch. then you have true the vote, organizations that say that they're about election integrity who are preparing to challenge the eligibility of voters at the polls because they say it is about election integrity. and, in fact, if it is about election integrity, they should go to ohio and protest outside of husted's house. that's not what it is about. they're trying to make sure the people who turn
i'm joined tonight by ohio state senator nina turner, also with us tonight is judith brown dianis, the co-director of the advancement project. judith, let me ask you first, what is the biggest threat at the polls as you see it right now? >> sure. well, thanks for having me, ed. we have moved from politicians who have tried to manipulate the laws to restrict the vote to now these partisan operatives. you know, in ohio you have husted, the secretary of state, who has been on a relentless...
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joining me now is anthony brown. lieutenant governor brown, thanks for coming on this morning. give me an assessment, where do things stand in the state of maryland of power outages, bridges closed, open, et cetera. what can you tell me? >> okay. i think the worst of wind and rain is behind us. and while we continue on life safety operations and the continuation of government operations. right now maryland is recovering. so we've opened up all of our bridges except for the bay bridge. that should be open later this morning. we have one evacuation in the eastern shore of residents in apartments and homes, we've got a swift water team down there and a building rescue and evacuation team down there. that one's pretty much under control. we've got about 320,000 homes and businesses without power. that's down from a high of about 360,000. so we are -- we are in a recovery mode, and with the wind and the rain, you know, the heaviest behind us, crews are out there restoring power, doing the assessment in our communities, and recovery is certainly underway. >> when it comes to the stat
joining me now is anthony brown. lieutenant governor brown, thanks for coming on this morning. give me an assessment, where do things stand in the state of maryland of power outages, bridges closed, open, et cetera. what can you tell me? >> okay. i think the worst of wind and rain is behind us. and while we continue on life safety operations and the continuation of government operations. right now maryland is recovering. so we've opened up all of our bridges except for the bay bridge....
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brown, 46%. but a new "boston globe" poll has the race still tied 47-47. in ohio a new "cincinnati enquirer" poll has democratic senator sherrod brown up over josh mandel by 4%. 51/47. boy, that's tight. a sunshine state news poll has democratic senator bill nelson leading connie mack by five. too close for that one, 49%/44%. we'll be right back. >>> we're back. four years ago susan eisenhower, the granddaughter of dwight eisenhower endorsed president obama and spoke during the democratic national convention. now she's making the case in president obama's reelection. the challenger mitt romney says, "as a result of this campaign i am more confused than ever about what mitt romney stands for. i know little of his core beliefs if he has any. no one seems to agree on what they are and that's why i don't want to take a chance on finding out." i love the way you put that. is there any belief to determine he will last? he's the cellophane man. is there anything beneath the tie and shirt. is there any belief to determine that will last beyond the current speech?
brown, 46%. but a new "boston globe" poll has the race still tied 47-47. in ohio a new "cincinnati enquirer" poll has democratic senator sherrod brown up over josh mandel by 4%. 51/47. boy, that's tight. a sunshine state news poll has democratic senator bill nelson leading connie mack by five. too close for that one, 49%/44%. we'll be right back. >>> we're back. four years ago susan eisenhower, the granddaughter of dwight eisenhower endorsed president obama and...
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brown, 46%. but a new boston globe poll has the race still tied 47-47. in ohio a new cincinnati enquirer poll has democratic senator sherrod brown up over josh mandel by 4%. a sunshine state news poll has bill nelson leading connie mack by five. too close for that one, 49%, 44%. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. governor of getting it done. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle... and go. you can even take a full-size or above, and still pay the mid-size price. this is awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is, business pro. yes, it is. go national. go like a pro. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 at schwab, we're committed to offering you tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 low-cost investment options-- tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 like our exchange traded funds, or etfs tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 which now have the lowest tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 operating expenses tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 in their respective tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 lipper categories. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 lower than spd
brown, 46%. but a new boston globe poll has the race still tied 47-47. in ohio a new cincinnati enquirer poll has democratic senator sherrod brown up over josh mandel by 4%. a sunshine state news poll has bill nelson leading connie mack by five. too close for that one, 49%, 44%. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. governor of getting it done. you know how to dance... with a deadline. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the...
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brown, 46%. but a new "boston globe" poll has the race still tied 47-47. in ohio a new cincinnati enquirer poll has democratic senator sherrod brown up over josh mandel by 4%. 51-47. that's tight. florida, a sunshine news poll has bill nelson leading republican connie mack by five. too close for that one, 49%, 44%. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] don't just reject convention. drown it out. introducing the all-new 2013 lexus ls f sport. an entirely new pursuit. introducing the all-new 2013 lexus ls f sport. [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. >>> we're back. four years ago the granddaughter of dwight eisenhower endorsed president obama and spoke during the democratic national convention. now she's making the case in president obama's reelection. the challenger mitt romney says, as a result of this campai
brown, 46%. but a new "boston globe" poll has the race still tied 47-47. in ohio a new cincinnati enquirer poll has democratic senator sherrod brown up over josh mandel by 4%. 51-47. that's tight. florida, a sunshine news poll has bill nelson leading republican connie mack by five. too close for that one, 49%, 44%. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] don't just reject convention. drown it out. introducing the all-new 2013 lexus ls f sport. an entirely new pursuit....
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in ohio, brown holds the lead. it seems like a big lead. maybe bigger than what most people think. tim kaine and george allen, kaine at 50% and allen at 46%. new york mayor michael bloomberg doing something he's done before, more sim l bawlic today, ringing the opening bell on wall street after two days of being off, the financial markets are reopeni reopening. the first time weather had closed the markets for two con second it tiff days since a blizzard back in 1888. all right, becky, what do we expect today in the market? is there going to be pent-up rae action to a whole bunch of other stuff that's not sandy related? sandy is going to have some people trading on that. oh, by the way, isn't there some jobs -- don't we get the ad coming out? >> adp is tomorrow. they pushed it back by a day because of all the situation with the storm. chuck, you saw the opening bell ring and wall street is going to open higher today. we've been watching the futures all morning long and it looks like the dow will open up by 65 points or so. things have been incredibly orderly and that's saying somet
in ohio, brown holds the lead. it seems like a big lead. maybe bigger than what most people think. tim kaine and george allen, kaine at 50% and allen at 46%. new york mayor michael bloomberg doing something he's done before, more sim l bawlic today, ringing the opening bell on wall street after two days of being off, the financial markets are reopeni reopening. the first time weather had closed the markets for two con second it tiff days since a blizzard back in 1888. all right, becky, what do...
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sherrod brown has done an incredible job of organizing unions and making sure that hardcore democrats get to the polls regardless of what is going on with president obama. it's a pretty safe state as safe states go when you're talking about a four or five point difference. the obama campaign is extremely confident that they'll win ohio and a couple of other states that will get them the numbers they need. as far as the national numbers. what about the national numbers don't they matter? i had an opportunity to talk to obama's strategist and adviser he said the way to understand national numbers when you're up in places like california or new york. and mitt romney was up in texas and mississippi and south carolina. what has happened since the first debate the margins have shrunk a little bit. instead of the president being up in california he's up by 10 or 12 points in new york. when you have survey after survey from calls all over the country there is a fairly significant portion of those voters who are getting called in california or new york where the margins are narrowing a bit and
sherrod brown has done an incredible job of organizing unions and making sure that hardcore democrats get to the polls regardless of what is going on with president obama. it's a pretty safe state as safe states go when you're talking about a four or five point difference. the obama campaign is extremely confident that they'll win ohio and a couple of other states that will get them the numbers they need. as far as the national numbers. what about the national numbers don't they matter? i had...
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in perhaps the hottest senate race of 2012, republican senator scott brown now trails elizabeth warren. a new western new england university poll shows warren leading brown by four points, 50% to 46% in massachusetts. joining me now, joy, in terms of the murdoch and akin races, they can't help but stepping in it and now it seems like the chickens are coming home to roost. >> absolutely. thanks to something called crazy, democrats will hold on to the senate. the thing about it is, it's ripped the veil off of something that i think a lot of the younger women, a lot of democrats didn't know or want to think about, you have a hard core religious conservative element within the republican party that believes women shouldn't be making decisions about their health care. >> and that women should be dragged around by their hair and so forth. >> indeed. i'm predicting that mccastle will do better. a lot of republican women, i have a feeling some will turn. >> the departure of senior republican leadership happened very quickly. and yet it seemed like akin has gotten a $2 million infusion into his
in perhaps the hottest senate race of 2012, republican senator scott brown now trails elizabeth warren. a new western new england university poll shows warren leading brown by four points, 50% to 46% in massachusetts. joining me now, joy, in terms of the murdoch and akin races, they can't help but stepping in it and now it seems like the chickens are coming home to roost. >> absolutely. thanks to something called crazy, democrats will hold on to the senate. the thing about it is, it's...
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and so, you know, if they won't buy it in brown, let's make it in blue. that sort of business mindset i think he brings to everything he does. and so, you know, they wanted severely conservative rhetoric during the primary, so he gave it to them. now he thinks they want different rhetoric. >> campaigning in ohio vice president biden pointed out as romney plays up his bipartisanship, he may find his biggest headaches come from his own party. as i was suggesting. let's listen. >> ask them the question, when have you ever seen governor romney take on the establishment of his party? what do you think prospects are that governor romney would attempt to do any of the things he now says he supports? what do you think the chances of him doing that with the republican-controlled congress? what do you think the chances are he's going to tell the people, you know, you're dead wrong. that's basically what he's saying now. >> grover norquist is the no tax guy, made clear that the right wing of the party expects to call the shots. this is brazen, but let's listen to wh
and so, you know, if they won't buy it in brown, let's make it in blue. that sort of business mindset i think he brings to everything he does. and so, you know, they wanted severely conservative rhetoric during the primary, so he gave it to them. now he thinks they want different rhetoric. >> campaigning in ohio vice president biden pointed out as romney plays up his bipartisanship, he may find his biggest headaches come from his own party. as i was suggesting. let's listen. >> ask...
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this is the legendary reaction that president bush with his director of fema at the time, browning. >> there will be plenty of opportunities to help later on, but right now the immediate concern is to save lives and get food and medicine to people so we can stabilize the situation. again, i want to thank you all browning you're doing heck of a job, fema director is working 24-- [applause] >> cenk: you know what, even brownie said afterwards, the main problem was president bush failed to recognize the magnitude of the storm and did not take precautionary action. that's the problem with the republicans. they don't believe in the government. they don't believe in it. why in the world would we put them in charge of it. look at what romney said, after all the problems under the last republican president under fema, i don't know, why don't we privatize it and make money off it ha, ha, ha. not interested. right before the election he said he's very sympathetic and cares a lot about the storm. quote, out of sensitivity for the millions of americans in the path of hurricane sandy we're canceli
this is the legendary reaction that president bush with his director of fema at the time, browning. >> there will be plenty of opportunities to help later on, but right now the immediate concern is to save lives and get food and medicine to people so we can stabilize the situation. again, i want to thank you all browning you're doing heck of a job, fema director is working 24-- [applause] >> cenk: you know what, even brownie said afterwards, the main problem was president bush...
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so yesterday former fema director michael brown criticized president obama for responding to sandy too quickly. this is brownie having done a heck of a job. today, abc news political correspondent jonathan karl tweeted this picture of people holding up cans next to a shirt that says -- at the romney relief rally next to a shirt that says obama you're fired. obama, you're fired and here are your cans. it makes us wonder do you think -- maybe not mitt romney but some in his crew might be politicizing this a little bit? >> you know, i think this should be politicized. the whole point of this election is to find out who should run the federal government? and the government has certain responsibilities mox them is the welfare of the american people. so this incident is an absolute -- i think critical case study in what government should be like and that should be discussed in presidential elections. let's compare. let's compare brownie. heck of a job. let's see the job he did with bush. let's compare how obama has handle handled this crisis. there wouldn't be this organization designed and
so yesterday former fema director michael brown criticized president obama for responding to sandy too quickly. this is brownie having done a heck of a job. today, abc news political correspondent jonathan karl tweeted this picture of people holding up cans next to a shirt that says -- at the romney relief rally next to a shirt that says obama you're fired. obama, you're fired and here are your cans. it makes us wonder do you think -- maybe not mitt romney but some in his crew might be...
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i'm joined on the phone now by anthony brown. lieutenant governor, what's the worst situation you have right now? what's your biggest concern? >> right now our biggest concern continues to be sort of life-saving operations and, you know, minimizing loss of life and injury due to flooding, wind and debris downed power line. fortunately it's at night, people are in their homes. but tomorrow that activity will continue. sandy's been big and powerful and has really pounded maryland. we had -- we will have up to two feet of snow in western maryland. coastal flooding on the eastern shore of maryland and about 350,000 home without power throughout the state. so certainly hurricane sandy has taken its toll on maryland. >> the national weather service said that the flooding along the potomac river is the worst that they've recorded in 16 years. what are some of the problems that you're hearing in that part of the state? >> sure. we're hearing flooding throughout the state, the potomac, also in the lower shore of maryland we're hearing rep
i'm joined on the phone now by anthony brown. lieutenant governor, what's the worst situation you have right now? what's your biggest concern? >> right now our biggest concern continues to be sort of life-saving operations and, you know, minimizing loss of life and injury due to flooding, wind and debris downed power line. fortunately it's at night, people are in their homes. but tomorrow that activity will continue. sandy's been big and powerful and has really pounded maryland. we had --...
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so i'm going to go with theshired on brown/josh -- sherrod brown/josh mandel race. >> you are a liar. >> i don't need a lecture from a guy who can't wait to get to the next job and run for higher office and move up the ladder. >> you might try to push people around in washington, but you're not going to push me around. >> really looking forward to it being over. >> thanks for watching "state of the union." head to cnn.com/sotu for analysis and extras. if you missed any part of today's show, find us on itunes. "fareed zakaria gps" is next for our viewers in the united states. plp
so i'm going to go with theshired on brown/josh -- sherrod brown/josh mandel race. >> you are a liar. >> i don't need a lecture from a guy who can't wait to get to the next job and run for higher office and move up the ladder. >> you might try to push people around in washington, but you're not going to push me around. >> really looking forward to it being over. >> thanks for watching "state of the union." head to cnn.com/sotu for analysis and extras. if...
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she lost the governorship to jerry brown who obviously spent a lot less. because you're spending this money doesn't mean that you're persuading voters to your point of view. >> to your point, we have an ad which is from americans for prosperity which imagines a future world in which china dominates the united states. it's a pretty ugly ad. >> yes. >> but it's also dumb. if you look at the front page of the "new york times" today, there's a story that says all the highly skilled people in china are actually leaving to go elsewhere. so it seems like a dumb ad in the likes of that analysis. >> plus, to offend your largest creditor, which clearly it's offensive as well and borderline racist -- >> zen o phobia never hurt some of these organizations. >> there's no reason to offend your largest creditor. we need to work with the chinese, we need to work with the japanese, we need to work with all the people who are financing our massive debt and not offend them in any way. >> many of our viewers who know you because of our writings and know that you spend a consi
she lost the governorship to jerry brown who obviously spent a lot less. because you're spending this money doesn't mean that you're persuading voters to your point of view. >> to your point, we have an ad which is from americans for prosperity which imagines a future world in which china dominates the united states. it's a pretty ugly ad. >> yes. >> but it's also dumb. if you look at the front page of the "new york times" today, there's a story that says all the...
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of a job. >> brown would have said more but he was busy responding to katrina. >> garbage, crap, and nonsense. >> you're watching fox. you're hearing about a state department, the cia does nothing. >> you are misleading the american people. >> at least we don't live in swing state hell. >> jeep, now owned by the italians, is thinking of moving all production to china. >> the biggest load of bull in the world. >> why do you say these things, mi romney? >> joe biden is using his teeth to illuminate hoboken. >> find that special someone in the early voting line. >> our destiny is in the hands of the american people. >> i will fight for you and your family every single day as hard as i know how. >> let's get to our panel, dana 34i8 bank is political columnist for "the washington post" and toure is my colleague and the co-host of "the cycle." desperate mitt, desperate measures. in your column this week you write, when the stakes are high, as they are for mr. romney, it must win ohio, the truth is often the first casualty. does that explain mr. romney's completely dishonest and disturbing
of a job. >> brown would have said more but he was busy responding to katrina. >> garbage, crap, and nonsense. >> you're watching fox. you're hearing about a state department, the cia does nothing. >> you are misleading the american people. >> at least we don't live in swing state hell. >> jeep, now owned by the italians, is thinking of moving all production to china. >> the biggest load of bull in the world. >> why do you say these things, mi...